IT CERTAINLY SOUNDS LIKE IT SHOULD BE ILLEGAL FOR A CAR REPAIR SHOP EMPLOYEE TO JOY REID IN A CUSTOMER'S CAR AND WRECK IT. THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED WITH AN AUTO REPAIR SHOP IN MELBOURNE WHERE POLICE SAY IT'S NOT A CRIME AND THE CAR OWNER IS OUT OF LUCK. WESH 2'S DAN BILLOW IS THERE NOW. DAN, HOW BADLY IS THE CAR DAMAGED? JIM, IT IS A COMPLETE WRECK! THIS IS A 2003 BMW WRECKED AT FOUR IN THE MORNING BY A REPAIR SHOP EMPLOYEE AND THE CAR OWNER SAYS THE REPAIR SHOP IS NOT TAKING RESPONSIBILITY. EXCUSE ME CAN YOU TELL ME WHERE TO FIND DON RA DELL. HE IS NOT HERE. AT A CAR REPAIR SHOP WHERE POLICE SAY A JOYRIDING EMPLOYEE WRECKED A CUSTOMER'S CAR, NO ONE WOULD ADMIT TO BEING THE OWNER. NO ONE WOULD TALK TO US. BUT HERE'S WHAT THEY TOLD THE OWNER OF THE WRECKED CAR WHO SPOKE TO US BY PHONE. IT'S NOT THEIR PROBLEM. IT ALL BEGAN WHEN THE CAR OWNER BROUGHT HIS CAR TO CYPRESS AUTOMOTIVE AND TRANSMISSION REPAIR FOR MINOR WORK BUT SOMEONE THEN DROVE THAT CAR AWAY FROM THE RYE PAIR SHOP. A LONG WAY AWAY. HIGHWAY PATROL REPORTS SHOW THE CAR WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT IN ORLANDO AT 2:28 A.M. JANUARY 8TH. THE CAR THEN GOT INTO A SECOND ACCIDENT AT 4:15 A.M. THAT SAME MORNING IN SAINT CLOUD. JACK'S WRECKER TOWED THE DESTROYED BMW. HE PROCEEDS TO TELL ME IT WASN'T THE OWNER IT WAS ONE OF HIS EMPLOYEE THAT'S WRECKED IT. POLICE TOO CONFIRMED THE DRIVER WAS AN EMPLOYEE OF THE REPAIR SHOP. MINUTES AFTER WE ARRIVED, THE DOORS WENT DOWN AND THE PLACE CLOSED. WE COULD NOT GET THE SHOP OWNER ON THE PHONE. POLICE SAY, IT'S NOT ILLEGAL FOR A REPAIR SHOP EMPLOYEE TO DRIVE A CUSTOMER'S CAR AT 4:00 A.M. AND IF IT GETS WRECKED, THE ONLY THING THE CAR OWNER CAN DO IS SUE. CAR OWNER CHAD HENSON IS OUTRAGED AT THE REPAIR SHOP. THEY GAVE HIM PERMISSION TO TAKE MY CAR ACROSS THE STATE OF FLORIDA AND TOTAL IT AND WRECK IT TWICE THEN NOT GIVE IT BACK TO ME. AND IN THE MEANTIME I'M OUT $7,000 AND A BMW. THEY TOLD ME TOUGH LUCK. JACK'S WRECKER SAYS IT WILL TRY TO HELP THE OWNER BUT THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH THEY CAN DO. IT'S NOT A CRIME FOR A CAR SHOP TO WRECK A CUSTOMER'S CAR BUT THE SHOP DOES HAVE TO BE PROPERLY LICENSED AND INSURED BUT THAT TOO IS A MATTER FOR THE CIVIL NOT CRIMINAL COURTS TO ENFORCE.